Ironing-machine



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IRONING MACHINE. No. 456,658. Patented July Z8, 1891.

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J. MoKAY. IRONING MACHINE.

No. 456,658. V Patented July 28, 1891.

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JOSEPH MCKAY, OF TROY, NEV YORK.

IRONING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,658, dated July 28,1891.

` Application tiled March 3, 1890. Serial No. 342,331. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MCKAY, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ironing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-machines, and moreparticularly to that class of them in which an iron that is concavelyrounded out in cross-section is used in connection with a cloth-coveredroller; and the purpose and object of my invention is to better adaptthis class of devices to do thev work for which they are designed.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there are twosheets of drawings, containing four figures, illustrating my invention,with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all ofthem.

Of these illustrations, Figure 1 is a front end elevation of my improvedironing-ma chine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same machine. Fig. 3is a section taken on the line m2 tot of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is across-section of the mechanism taken on the line .x x of Fig. 2.

The several parts of the apparatus thus illustrated are designated byletter reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter F designates the frame of the machine, within and u on whichthe several parts are arranged to olierate.

The letter P designates a loose pulley running on the shaft S, and P2the driving-pulley by which said shaft is operated and powercommunicated to the apparatus.

The letter S2 designates a belt-shifter.

The letter C designates the cloth roll arranged on the end e of theshaft S3, which projects beyond its bearings h. The letter G designatesa gear-wheel on said shaft S3, and G2 a gear-wheel on the shaft S4,which meshes into the gear-wheel G to operate the shaftSfi and the clothroller thereon, and the letter Gr3 a gear-wheel, also on the shaft Si,which latter gear meshes into the gear-wheel Gf4 on the driving-shaftS', as shown at Fig. 3.

The letter A designates an arm that at its rear end is pivoted to thetop of the frame F at p and at its front end e2 is projected beyond theframe.

The letter I designates the iron, which at p2 is pivotally hung from thefront end e2 of the arm A, so as to be automatically adjustable on theengagement of its rounded-out surface with the articles being ironedbetween it and the clothed roller. This iron has an interior chamber C2,having side apertures a, and in which chamber gas mixed with air, bymeans of gas-pipes g and an air-pipe a?, is burned for heating the iron.The lower face of the iron is rounded out concavely at o, so as tocoincide with the outwardly-rounded convexity of the clothed roller C,so that when the iron I is down upon the clothed roller the latter willturn in the concavity of the iron.

The letter T designates a foot-treadle,l fulcrumed to the frame at p3and connected to a connecting-rod R, as shown at p8. The rod R hassecured to its upper end a plate or cross-bar m8, to the ends of whichare secured ,the lower ends of vertically-arranged rods r, which passthrough a guide or bracket b4, secured to the frame, and are arranged attheir upper ends in a bearing N on the arm A. The rods rf are providedwith stops It, between which and the brackets b4 springs B are arranged,the springs being arranged on the rods, as shown. When the treadle ispressed downward, the rod R, with the connected arm A, is drawn down,bringing the iron down on the article on the roller C, and when thetreadle is released the force of the springs lifts the arm A and theiron is carried up free from the roller or article thereon.

The letter Y designates a yoke having the ends of its arms attached to abar as at p10 and arranged to straddle the arm A, and the letter t*designates an adj listing-screw let through the yoke and bearing on thearm A, as shown. The purpose of the yoke with the adj Listing-screw isto adjust and limit the upthrow of the arm A, caused by the recoil ofthe springs Bf With an apparatus thus constructed, when.

the sleeves of shirts, shirt-wristbands, collars,

cuffs, and other articles are passed between the engaging roundedsurfaces of the clothed roller and the iron, the articles are ironedwith a curl, having t-he finished 4face on the outer surface of thecurve, so that the curl of the article does not have to be reversed tobreak up its finish or the stiffness of the articles.

This iron may be made of different lengths IOO of ironing-surface, so asto ada-pt it to iron collars, cuffs, shirt-sleeves, or shirt-Wrist'-bands by having a cloth-covered roller made of proper length. \V hen arounded-out-faced iron is rigidly held in contact with the articlespassing between it and the cloth-covered roller, the latter beingactuated to carry the articles, the articles are apt to drawirregularly, so as to preventtheir receiving a good nish, particularlywhen seams or uneven thicknesses in the material are being ironed. Bymaking the iron automatically adjustable to the face ofthe cloth-coveredroller these difficulties are avoided and the efliciency of the machineto do good Work is greatly increased.

Having thus described iny invention, what claim, and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent, is-

In an ironing-machine, the combination,

chine-frame, and a treadle connected to said arm and adapted to operateagainst the recoil ot' springs interposed between the treadle and arm,substantially as set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 15th day of January, 1890, and in thepresence of the two Witnesses Whose naines are hereto Written.

JOSEPH MC'KAY.

Witnesses:

W. E. HOGAN, CHARLES S. BRINTNALL.

